Kylian Mbappe Drops Truth Bomb About Playing with Lionel Messi: 'I Never Thought It Would Happen'

Well, well, well. Just when you thought the Mbappe saga couldn’t get any juicier, the Real Madrid superstar decided to spill some serious tea about his time with Lionel Messi at PSG. And honestly? The revelations are pretty wild.

In a candid interview that’s got football fans buzzing harder than a wasp in a jam jar, Mbappe opened up about what it was really like sharing a locker room with arguably the greatest player of all time. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t quite the drama fest some of us were expecting.

The Reality Check That Hit Different

Let’s be real here – when Messi landed in Paris back in 2021, most of us thought we were about to witness some serious fireworks. I mean, you’ve got the French golden boy Mbappe, the Brazilian flair machine Neymar, and then suddenly the GOAT himself rocks up. Recipe for disaster, right?

Wrong. According to Mbappe, Messi was about as normal as you can get for someone who’s basically footballing royalty. “Very normal,” the Frenchman said, and honestly, that’s probably the most shocking revelation of all.

“When you’re famous, you tend to get labeled as what you’re like, and if you don’t listen, it gets stuck in your head,” Mbappe explained. “But no. Messi arrived and was a totally normal person, respectful of everyone.”

Wait, what? A superstar athlete who’s actually… respectful? In this economy? Color me surprised.

The Education of Kylian Mbappe

Here’s where things get really interesting. Mbappe basically admitted that playing with Messi was like getting a master class in football every single day. And the best part? He actually paid attention.

“As a player, he’s… (sighs) a unique player,” Mbappe said, and you can almost hear the awe in his voice. “When you have someone like that on your team and you’re an attacking player, you just have to be around and watch everything he does. How he finishes, how he saves, how he plays.”

Smart move, kid. Though let’s be honest – if you had Lionel freaking Messi as a teammate and you weren’t taking notes, you’d probably deserve to get your football license revoked.

The Real Madrid star went on to reveal something that’ll make Barcelona fans weep into their sangria: “I think having been so close to him has helped me a lot to understand the game better.”

The Dream That Almost Didn’t Happen

Now here’s the kicker – and the part that’s probably got Barcelona fans somewhere crying into their paella. Mbappe straight-up admitted he never thought he’d get to play with Messi because, well, logic.

“I think it’s been a stroke of luck to play with Leo Messi. I never thought I’d do it in my career,” he confessed. “Because my dream was to go to Real Madrid, I never thought about going to Barcelona, and since I thought he’d always play there…”

Ouch. That’s got to sting a little for the Barca faithful. Your greatest ever player, the man who supposedly bled blaugrana, and even rival players just assumed he’d be there forever. Makes his departure even more brutal when you think about it that way.

The Gratitude Game

But here’s where Mbappe shows some real class – something that might surprise those who’ve painted him as just another ego-driven superstar. The man is genuinely grateful for the experience.

“I learned a lot from him, and I want to thank him. It was very special… It was a very rich two years. It’s a golden opportunity to have such a special player around you.”

You know what? Fair play to Mbappe for this. In an era where footballers often act like they’re doing everyone else a favor just by showing up, it’s refreshing to hear someone acknowledge how much they learned from a teammate.